"(Dean Jones), to air the song. He does, and it becomes an immediate hit. Later that evening, Vince asks Peggy out to celebrate the success of his new single, but is disappointed when he learns that she has accepted a dinner date for that evening with Teddy. Meanwhile, Vince makes arrangements for another television show. During a party, Hunk visits him after being paroled and persuades Vince to give him a spot on the upcoming show. Prior to taping, Vince rehearses ""Jailhouse Rock"" in a stylized cell block (a performance Elvis himself choreographed). Hunk's number is cut because of his"
"Award for the ""best screenplay written directly for the screen"" in 1958. For the same film, Young and co-writer Harold Jacob Smith won a 1959 Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay, from the Mystery Writers of America. ""Inherit the Wind"" was also nominated for, but did not win, an Academy Award in 1960. Actor Screenplay Nedrick Young Nedrick Young (March 23, 1914 – September 16, 1968), also known by the pseudonym Nathan E. Douglas, was an actor and screenwriter often blacklisted during the 1950s and 1960s. He is credited with writing the screenplay for ""Jailhouse Rock"" in 1957, which"
"Nedrick Young Nedrick Young (March 23, 1914 – September 16, 1968), also known by the pseudonym Nathan E. Douglas, was an actor and screenwriter often blacklisted during the 1950s and 1960s. He is credited with writing the screenplay for ""Jailhouse Rock"" in 1957, which starred Elvis Presley. Young was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In addition to screenwriting, he also took on an acting role in various feature-length films during the period 1943–1966. He was married to actress Elizabeth MacRae. Young died from a heart attack at the age of 54. ""The Defiant Ones"" was nominated for, and received, an Academy"
"and becomes a star, his self-centered personality begins to affect his relationships. The wife of producer Pandro S. Berman convinced him to create a film with Presley in the last role. Berman delegated the casting to Benny Thau, head of the studio and Abraham Lastfogel, the then president of William Morris Agency. Berman hired Richard Thorpe, who was known for shooting productions quickly. The production of ""Jailhouse Rock"" began on May 13, 1957, and concluded on June 17 of that year. The dance sequence to the film's title song ""Jailhouse Rock"" is often cited as ""Presley's greatest moment on screen""."
"Oz"" (1939). ""Jailhouse Rock"" earned mixed reviews from critics. It was looked upon as scandalous once it was released because it portrayed Vince Everett as an anti-heroic character, presented a convict as a hero, used the word ""hell"" as a profanity, and included a scene showing Presley in bed with co-star Tyler. The Parent-Teacher Association described the movie as ""a hackneyed, blown-up tale with cheap human values."" ""The New York Times"" criticized Guy Trosper for writing a screenplay where the secondary characters whom Mickey Shaughnessey and Judy Tyler acted out were ""forced to hang on to the hero's flying mane"
"known whether the three escapees survived. The film implied that the escape had been successful. The film portrayed both the conditions of life in the prison and the difficulty of escaping from it. The 1996 action film ""The Rock"", with Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage and Ed Harris, takes place at Alcatraz Island, featuring a rogue U.S. Marine Brigadier General stealing dangerous missiles and threatening to eradicate large parts of San Francisco unless his demands are met, forcing a government strike team to recruit John Mason (Connery), a former SAS operative and the only man to ever escape ""the Rock"", in"
"song in 1957. ""Jailhouse Rock"" was performed regularly in a medley along with many old rock and roll hits by Queen as early as 1970 and was the opening song on Queen's 1979 Crazy Tour and the 1980 North American tour for ""The Game"". It is the last song in the motion picture ""The Blues Brothers"". The song is featured in the 1995 film ""Casper"" and the 2006 animated television film ""Leroy & Stitch"". ""American Idol"" Season 5 contestant Taylor Hicks performed it on May 9, 2006, and Season 7 contestant Danny Noriega performed it on February 20, 2008. In"
"Prison (1987 film) Prison is a 1987 horror film directed by Renny Harlin and starring Viggo Mortensen, Tom Everett, Kane Hodder, and Tommy Lister. It was filmed at the Old State Prison in Rawlins, Wyoming, with many of its residents on the cast and crew. In 1964, inmate Charlie Forsythe of Creedmore Prison was executed via electric chair for a murder he did not commit. When Creedmore Prison is reopened after thirty years, Charlie Forsythe returns from the afterlife to exact revenge on Eaton Sharpe (Lane Smith) – the officer who stood by as Forsythe was executed. Inmate Burke (Viggo"
"members. Messed-up white kids were there, too, particularly one played by Vic Morrow, depicting that new phenomenon, the juvenile delinquent. Bill Haley's ""Rock Around The Clock"" under the opening credits was the first use of a rock and roll song in a Hollywood film. Richard Brooks, the film's writer and director, had discovered the music when he heard Ford's son, Peter, playing the record at Glenn's home. In ""Interrupted Melody"", he starred with Eleanor Parker, and the Westerns with which he would always be associated included ""Jubal"", ""The Fastest Gun Alive"", ""Cowboy"", ""The Secret of Convict Lake"" with Gene Tierney,"
"Rock, Rock, Rock! (film) Rock, Rock, Rock! is a 1956 black-and-white motion picture conceived, co-written and co-produced by Milton Subotsky and directed by Will Price. The film is an early jukebox musical featuring performances by established rock and roll singers of the era, including Chuck Berry, LaVern Baker, Teddy Randazzo, the Moonglows, the Flamingos, and the Teenagers with Frankie Lymon as lead singer. Later ""West Side Story"" cast member David Winters is also featured. Famed disc jockey Alan Freed made an appearance as himself. The movie has a fairly simple plot: teenage girl Dori Graham (played by then 13-year-old Tuesday"
"Vin Diesel Mark Sinclair (born July 18, 1967), better known by his stage name Vin Diesel, is an American actor, producer, director and screenwriter. He is well known for his portrayals of Dominic Toretto in ""The Fast and the Furious"" film series, Richard B. Riddick in ""The Chronicles of Riddick"" series and Xander Cage in the ""xXx"" series. He is also a producer on sequels in these franchises, with his company One Race Films. Diesel has also starred in the comedy ""The Pacifier"" (2005) and the crime drama ""Find Me Guilty"" (2006). His voice-acting work includes ""The Iron Giant"" (1999)"
"Evans was reinstated. Evans also appeared in Fuller's ""Fixed Bayonets!"", ""Hell and High Water"", ""Shock Corridor"" and lost 30 pounds to play the lead in ""Park Row"". Evans portrayed the authoritarian but wise father, Rob McLaughlin, on the 1956-1957 television series ""My Friend Flicka"". He next co-starred in 1958 as Major Al Arthur in ""Damn Citizen"", a film based on the life of crusading State Police superintendent Francis Grevemberg of Louisiana. In 1960, Evans was cast as Otis Stockert in ""The Frontiersman"" on the Western series ""Wichita Town"". That same year, he was cast as Boone Hackett in the episode"
"save for bootlegs. However, on February 19, 2013, Shout! Factory released the first official Blu-ray Disc and DVD and the first through their new subdivision Scream Factory. Prison (1987 film) Prison is a 1987 horror film directed by Renny Harlin and starring Viggo Mortensen, Tom Everett, Kane Hodder, and Tommy Lister. It was filmed at the Old State Prison in Rawlins, Wyoming, with many of its residents on the cast and crew. In 1964, inmate Charlie Forsythe of Creedmore Prison was executed via electric chair for a murder he did not commit. When Creedmore Prison is reopened after thirty years,"
"to commercial recordings in the 1950s. Robert Palmer pointed to electric blues guitarists Willie Johnson and Pat Hare, both of whom played for Sun Records in the early 1950s, as the true originators of the power chord, citing as evidence Johnson's playing on Howlin' Wolf's ""How Many More Years"" (recorded 1951) and Hare's playing on James Cotton's """" (recorded 1954). Scotty Moore opened Elvis Presley's 1957 hit Jailhouse Rock with power chords. Link Wray is often cited as the first mainstream rock and roll musician to have used power chords, with ""Rumble"" (recorded 1958). A later hit song built around"
"Jail Bait (1954 film) Jail Bait (also known as Hidden Face) is a 1954 American film noir directed by Ed Wood, with a screenplay by Wood and Alex Gordon. The film stars Clancy Malone as the delinquent son of a famous doctor, and his involvement with a dangerous criminal. Famed bodybuilder Steve Reeves made his first major screen appearance in the film, and it was one of the few films he made using his own voice (most of the films he made thereafter in Italy were dubbed in post production using other actors' voices). The film belongs to the film"
"realizes he loves Peggy and she loves him. After being released from the hospital, Vince's doctor informs him that his vocal cords are fully recovered, but Vince is worried that his voice might have been affected. To test it, he sings ""Young and Beautiful"" to Peggy, which reassures him that his fears are unfounded. ""Jailhouse Rock"" was Presley's third film and his first for MGM. It was filmed at the MGM studios in Culver City, California. Filmed in black-and-white, the film was the first production that MGM filmed with the recently developed 35 mm anamorphic lens by Panavision. The film"
"""Sugarfoot"" (1959), ""Buckskin"" (1959), ""Peter Gunn"" (1959), ""U.S. Marshal"" (1959-1960), ""77 Sunset Strip"" (1960), ""Bonanza"" (1960), """" (1960), ""Alfred Hitchcock Presents"" (1960–61); ""Hawaiian Eye"" (1962), ""The Virginian"" (1962), ""Laramie"" (1960-1963), ""Perry Mason"" (1959-1966), ""Empire"" (as Hoot Hinkley in ""The Tiger Inside"", 1963), ""The Dakotas"" (1963), ""Lost in Space"" (1966, as Keema ""The Golden Man""), ""Dark Shadows"" (1967-1970), ""Emergency!"" (three episodes, 1972-1975), ""Dallas"" (1979-1984, as Vaughn Leland), ""Quincy, M.E."", (three episodes, 1979-82) and ""The Incredible Hulk, (as Buck Hendricks, a big game hunter looking to help news reporter Jack McGee capture ""The jolly green giant"") Patrick played Sheriff Patterson in the"
"Care"", ""Treat Me Nice"" and ""I Want to Be Free"" in one afternoon. Presley recorded ""I Want to Be Free"" on May 3, 1957 at the soundtrack recordings for the MGM movie ""Jailhouse Rock"" (that took place on April 30 and May 3, 1957 at the Radio Recorders Studio and on May 9 at the MGM Soundstage in Hollywood, California). 7"" single (1958) I Want to Be Free (Elvis Presley song) ""I Want to Be Free"" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1957 motion picture ""Jailhouse Rock"". Its first release on"
"Ray Liotta Raymond Allen Liotta (born December 18, 1954) is an American actor, film producer, and voice actor. Liotta is best known for his portrayal of Henry Hill in the crime drama ""Goodfellas"" (1990); other notable roles include Ray Sinclair in Jonathan Demme's ""Something Wild"" (1986), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination, Shoeless Joe Jackson in ""Field of Dreams"" (1989), Officer Pete Davis in ""Unlawful Entry"" (1992), Officer Gary Figgis in ""Cop Land"" (1997), Paul Krendler in ""Hannibal"" (2001), Fred Jung in ""Blow"" (2001), Tommy Vercetti in the video game """" (2002), Chief Gus Monroe in ""John Q"""
"Robert Maillet Robert Maillet (born October 26, 1969) is a Canadian actor and retired professional wrestler. He is known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) from 1997 to 1999, where he performed under the ring name Kurrgan and was a member of The Truth Commission and The Oddities. He is also known for his roles in films such as ""300"" (2007), ""Sherlock Holmes"" (2009), ""Immortals"" (2011), ""Pacific Rim"" (2013), ""Brick Mansions"" (2014), ""Hercules"" (2014), and ""Deadpool 2"" (2018). Maillet was born in Georgetown, Ontario. Less than a year later, Maillet's family moved to Ste-Marie-de-Kent, New Brunswick, a"
"to attend a sold out performance with 8,000 seats. Roads were clogged for seven hours. Film makers took advantage of the popularity of ""rhythm and blues"" musicians as ""rock n roll"" musicians beginning in 1956. Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Big Joe Turner, the Treniers, the Platters, the Flamingos, all made it onto the big screen. Two Elvis Presley records made the R&B top five in 1957: ""Jailhouse Rock""/""Treat Me Nice"" at number one, and ""All Shook Up"" at number five, an unprecedented acceptance of a non-African American artist into a music category known for being created by blacks."
"such as ""The Pawnbroker"" (1964), ""Cool Hand Luke"" (1967), ""Easy Rider"" (1969) in which Finnerty plays a rancher whose lifestyle draws the admiration of Wyatt aka ""Captain America,"" the character played by Peter Fonda, ""The Panic in Needle Park"" (1971), ""Kid Blue"" (1973) and ""Cockfighter"" (1974). Finnerty died in 1974 in New York City from a heart attack at the age of 49. He is the father of jazz musician Barry Finnerty; Owen T. Evans, & Shan Finnerty. Warren Finnerty Warren Finnerty (April 9, 1925 – December 22, 1974) was an American actor best known for his Obie award-winning performance"
"it Wood's best film ever, without as much unintentional humor as his other films. Jail Bait (1954 film) Jail Bait (also known as Hidden Face) is a 1954 American film noir directed by Ed Wood, with a screenplay by Wood and Alex Gordon. The film stars Clancy Malone as the delinquent son of a famous doctor, and his involvement with a dangerous criminal. Famed bodybuilder Steve Reeves made his first major screen appearance in the film, and it was one of the few films he made using his own voice (most of the films he made thereafter in Italy were"
"vocal stutter"" on ""Baby Let's Play House"", ""Other than that, it's guitarist Scotty Moore's show, and he sets a few precedents of his own."" Of the other Sun recordings, Marsh cited the ""urgent Scotty Moore guitar lick"" as a standout element of ""Mystery Train"", while ""Good Rockin' Tonight"" displays his ""stinging guitar"". In Marsh's description, the teamwork of Moore and other musicians turns the 1957 single and movie title song ""Jailhouse Rock"" into an ""enduring smash for at least three reasons: the great walking bass, Scotty Moore's invention of power chording, and D.J. Fontana's drumming, which is halfway between strip"
"aesthetically significant."" The film is famous for the dance sequence (also choreographed by Presley) in which Presley sings the title track while on stage, cavorting with other ""inmates"" through a set which resembles a block of jail cells. The sequence is widely acknowledged as the most memorable musical scene in Presley's 30 narrative movies, and is credited by music historians as the prototype for the modern music video. ""Jailhouse Rock"" ranked 495th on ""Empire""s 2008 list of the 500 greatest movies of all time. The review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an overall 79% ""Fresh"" approval rating based"
"rock 'n' Roll."" Critic Hal Erickson of ""AllRovi"" wrote that the film ""is a perfect balance of song and story from beginning to end"". Mark Deming, also a critic for ""AllRovi"", wrote that ""Jailhouse Rock"" it was ""one of [Presley's] few vehicles which really caught his raw, sexy energy and sneering charisma on film."" In 1991, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller were awarded with an ASCAP Award for ""Most Performed Feature Film Standards"" for the song ""Jailhouse Rock"". In 2004, ""Jailhouse Rock"" was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry, as it was deemed ""culturally, historically, or"
"Joe Spinnell) has received from the gang and the killers basically walk free. Beck died at age 59 of cancer at his Manhattan home in July 1984. Vincent Beck Vincent Beck was a tall American character actor with a deep voice who began his career as a stage actor. He was a prolific film and television actor who acted in films such as ""Santa Claus Conquers the Martians"" in 1964, ""The Spy in the Green Hat "" in 1967, ""The Scorpio Letters"" in 1967, ""The Pink Jungle"" in 1968 and in the same year, ""The Bamboo Saucer"". He also was"
"rely upon each other for survival and in the end develop a bond of admiration and respect. The Ride Back The Ride Back is a 1957 American Western film directed by Allen H. Miner and written by Antony Ellis. The film stars Anthony Quinn, William Conrad, Lita Milan, Victor Millan and Jorge Trevino and was produced by Conrad. It was released on April 29, 1957, by United Artists. It was partially filmed in Wildwood Regional Park in Thousand Oaks, California. It was produced by Robert Aldrich who called it ""a good Western with psychological overtones."" Sheriff Chris Hamish is recruited"
"Richard Benedict Richard ""Pepe"" Benedict (born Riccardo Benedetto, Palermo, January 8, 1920 – Studio City, April 25, 1984) was an Italian-American television and film actor and director. He appeared in dozens of television programs and movies from the 1940s to the 1960s, most notably ""Ace in the Hole"" (1951), directed by Billy Wilder. Benedict appeared with Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack in the 1960 movie ""Ocean's 11"" as one of the 11 men who rob five Las Vegas casinos on the same night. He also played the commander of the Mars rescue ship in the 1958 B sci-fi movie"
"Eddie Albert Edward Albert Heimberger (April 22, 1906 – May 26, 2005), known professionally as Eddie Albert, was an American actor and activist. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1954 for his performance in ""Roman Holiday"", and in 1973 for ""The Heartbreak Kid"". Other well-known screen roles of his include Bing Edwards in the ""Brother Rat"" films, traveling salesman Ali Hakim in the musical ""Oklahoma!"", and the sadistic prison warden in 1974's ""The Longest Yard"". He starred as Oliver Wendell Douglas in the 1960s television sitcom ""Green Acres"" and as Frank MacBride in the"
"head of the studio, Benny Thau, and Abe Lastfogel, president of the William Morris Agency, decide the cast. Richard Thorpe, who had the reputation of quickly finishing his projects, was chosen to direct the film. The first scene to be filmed was the title dance sequence to the song ""Jailhouse Rock"". Brett Farmer places the ""orgasmic gyrations"" of the dance sequence within a lineage of cinematic musical numbers that offer a ""spectacular eroticization, if not homoeroticization, of the male image""; it has often been cited as Presley's greatest moment on screen. Alex Romero, who created moves inspired by Fred Astaire"
"of 1957, and a UK number one hit for three weeks early in 1958. It was the first record to enter the UK charts at number one. In addition, ""Jailhouse Rock"" spent one week at the top of the US country charts, and reached the number one position on the R&B chart. Also in 1957, ""Jailhouse Rock"" was the lead song in an EP (extended play single), together with other songs from the film, namely ""Young and Beautiful,"" ""I Want to be Free,"" ""Don't Leave Me Now,"" and ""(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care"" (but with ""Treat Me Nice"""
"Alan Vint Alan Richard Vint (November 11, 1944 – August 16, 2006) was an American character actor. Vint was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He appeared in a number of supporting roles during the 1970s in films such as ""The McMasters"" (1970), ""Two-Lane Blacktop"" (1971), ""The Panic in Needle Park"" (1971), ""Welcome Home, Soldier Boys"" (1971), ""Unholy Rollers"" (1972), ""Badlands"" (1973), ""Macon County Line"" (1974), ""Earthquake"" (1974), ""Breakout"" (1975), ""Checkered Flag or Crash"" (1977) and ""The Lady in Red"" (1979). He also made guest appearances on such television series as ""Centennial"", ""Police Story,"" ""Emergency!"", ""Hawaii Five-O"", ""Adam-12"", ""Lou Grant"" and ""Baretta""."